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,,^^=**§§§             #,,,--------,,,#             §§§**=^^,,
,^-=*£§@##      ####,-- fermi's paradox --,####     ##@§£*=-^,
,,,,^-*£§@             #,,,--------,,,#             @§£*-^,,,,
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,,,^-===£§ on  earth  (the planet where  i live)  a §£===-^,,,
,,^^=**§§@ lot of us have  antennas  on  our houses @§§**=^^,,
,^-=*£§@@# or   balconies,  we   have  built  large #@@§£*=-^,
,,,,,,-=*§ antennas  for  larger  bandwith, we have §*=-,,,,,,
,^-=*£@@##      build specialized antennaes for     ##@@£*=-^,
,^-=£§@@##    specific wavelengths (and sent them   ##@@§£=-^,
,^-=*£§@@# into orbit), we've  built  large as fuck #@@§£*=-^,
,^-=*£§@##              antenna arrays              ##@§£*=-^,
,,,,,,,-*§ we've  virtually built an antenna with a §*-,,,,,,,
,^-=*£§@@#          dish as large as earth.         #@@§£*=-^,
,^-=*£§@@#                                          #@@§£*=-^,
,,,,,^-=£@ we've learned  about our position in the @£=-^,,,,,
,^-=**££§@     solar system, our solar systems      @§££**=-^,
,,,,-=*£§@ placement   in  the   galaxy,  and   our @§£*=-,,,,
,^-=*£§@@# galaxys placement in  the local cluster, #@@§£*=-^,
,^=*£§@@## and  -our-  local clusters place  in the ##@@§£*=^,
,,,,,--=£§          grand scheme of things          §£=--,,,,,
,^-=*£§@@#                                          #@@§£*=-^,
,^=*£§@@## and  we're  moving  around  the  sun  at ##@@§£*=^,
,,,,,^-*£§ velocity and the  suns moving around the §£*-^,,,,,
,,,,^=**£@ center of  the  galaxy at  velocity  and @£**=^,,,,
,^-=*£§@@# the  galaxy is  moving  toward andromeda #@@§£*=-^,
,^-===*£§@    and we're both moving anticlockwise   @§£*===-^,
,^-=*£££@@ around the galaxy. and  we as  a species @@£££*=-^,
,,,,^^^=£@ have learned to take all that in account @£=^^^,,,,
,,^-=**£@@                                          @@£**=-^,,
,^-=*£§§§@ and despite  all  this, despite  all our @§§§£*=-^,
,^^--==*£§   (cliche) beaming of fucking stellar    §£*==--^^,
,^-=*£§@@# radio  programmes out  in fucking  space #@@§£*=-^,
,^=*£§@@## at  the  speed of  light  (light is  our ##@@§£*=^,
,^--==*§@@  medium! goodspeed you, black emperor!), @@§*==--^,
,,,,^=££§§      despite ghosts helping and the      §§££=^,,,,
,^-=£§@@##     collective consciousness lowpass     ##@@§£=-^,
,^-=*£§@##    filtering, despite our very obvious   ##@§£*=-^,
,^-=*£@@## beaming  of all  our  secrets  in  every ##@@£*=-^,
,,,,^=£§§@          direction known to us,          @§§£=^,,,,
,,,,,^=£§@                                          @§£=^,,,,,
,^-=*£§@@# no    ,   one    ,    has   ,   answered #@@§£*=-^,
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,,,,^=**£§             #,,,--------,,,#             §£**=^,,,,
,^-=*£§§§§     ####,-- fermi's paradox --,####      §§§§£*=-^,
^-=*£§@@##             #,,,--------,,,#             ##@@§£*=-^
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^-=*£§@@##             so why is that?              ##@@§£*=-^
,^-=*£§@@#                                          #@@§£*=-^,
,,,^-=**£§ most  opponents to  intelligent life  in §£**=-^,,,
,^-=*£@@## the universe  say it's because you  need ##@@£*=-^,
,^-=*£££§@ a  class one-or-the-other  star  and the @§£££*=-^,
,^-=*£§@@# planet  needs  to  be  at  a  see-and-so #@@§£*=-^,
,^-=*£§@@# distance away from the star  (like there #@@§£*=-^,
,^-=*£§@@#           has to be a planet!)           #@@§£*=-^,
,,,,,^==£@                                          @£==^,,,,,
,^^^-**£§@ but  really  isn't   that   keeping  the @§£**-^^^,
,,^--=£§§§      definition of life really lax?      §§§£=--^,,
,^-=*£§@@@                                          @@@§£*=-^,
,^^--==**§ i think everyone agrees that we have  no §**==--^^,
,^-=*£§@@# idea what we're  doing (and  it probably #@@§£*=-^,
,,,,,,^=£§                  shows)                  §£=^,,,,,,
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,^-=*£§@@#             #,,,--------,,,#             #@@§£*=-^,
,^-=*£§@##     ####,-- fermi's paradox --,####      ##@§£*=-^,
,,,,,^=*£@             #,,,--------,,,#             @£*=^,,,,,
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,^-=*£§@@@ i'm gonna go  smoke  my  third cigarette @@@§£*=-^,
,^^^=**£@@ this year  and try to  snatch some beers @@£**=^^^,
,^-=*£§@@#        from the local beer thing         #@@§£*=-^,
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